Essiesmom

Mahogany Bay is a Carnival created port on Roatan. There is a nice shopping area, and a lovely beach. No need to go anywhere else. Costa Maya is another port created for cruises. Nice shopping area, pool and small beach area by the pool, but you have to buy something from the restaurant to use the loungers. Is it the Ports of Call boards here for more options. Cozumel offers the most opportunities. There are three pier areas, one used by the Carnival family and occasional others, one by Royal and her group of lines, and the downtown pier with NCL, MDC, Disney. It seems you will be on a Carnival line so you will dock at the Puerto Maya pier. Next door is the International pier. Each have their own extensive shopping areas. The third pier is Punta Langosta and is right downtown with more stores and restaurants. Again, suggest you visit the Ports of Call boards for more options in Cozumel. EM

My suggestion is to go to a place that sells binoculars, such as an army/navy store, or one that caters to hunters. Try them out. Find what is comfortable for you to hold, or too heavy. My first pair, purchased in Hong Kong in 1988 was Bausch & Lomb 7x35, for a bird watching trip. The second I purchased much more recently in the PX, Nikon Aculon 8x42.5. They. Both accomplished what I needed and are not too heavy. Try, and decide what will suffice, then look for it on Amazon for price. EM

Looking at cruisedeckplans, there are a lot of pictures of those cabins, none showing a rollaway, a number showing an upper bunk. My advice is to become a member of cruisedeckplans.com, a minor investment, and look at the pics of all the cabins with that symbol. Write down the ones that you can document have the upper bunk, and try to book one of those. EM

We are missing pics of the cats welcoming you home. EM

I have the second ones and they are fine for all tags. Use for MSC and Carnival, Celebrity are narrower but fit also. EM

When I am doing a test booking it often offers me the choice of booking type first, and when I add voyager number it goes down a tiny amount. Of course, when I then change from 2 guests to one guest, it says sold out. EM

No, only on the newest? On Seaside we ate in a section of one MDR. On Seashore they have their own MDR. EM

How old and fit is your friend? Could she do an upper bunk 1A cabin? Floor space in those cabins is amazing. If you could move the beds into an L shape, one across the back of the cabin and the other along one side, it would work. That works well on the Fantasy class, but I don’t know if anyone has ever tried on the newer ships. EM

I believe there are clear pages for filing business cards, and I have seen them used for cruise cards (Sea pass). Does sailing all of Royals ships include sailing on former ships now retired to other cruise lines? I believe there are several floating around in Europe…. EM

They didn’t say it was noisy. They were asking if the cabin across was noisy. EM

The Diamond does have the IC, just not gelato. EM

Welcome to Cruise Critic. I think you will find your best answers if you ask on the Alaska board under Ports of Call, further down on the main boards page. Lots of experts and locals there. EM

Post #15. Top of menu says Gala Dinner. EM

I don’t see any replies yet. Also, you embedded your question in an existing thread about a specific cruise, so many people won’t see it. If your query isnt pertinent to the topic of the thread, it’s best to start a new thread. EM

Ive only had invites to two webinars, December for 5 and March for 4. EM Just went back to my points page and found the survey point. Didn’t realize that was a point exercise.